Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 25

  (1)   This Act applies in relation to a pest (subject to subsection   (2)) only if:

  (a)   the pest is capable of:

  (i)   infesting humans, animals or plants; or

  (ii)   acting as a vector for a disease; or

  (iii)   causing disease in any other way; or

  (b)   the pest is an invasive pest.

Note:   For the application of this Act in relation to invasive pests, see section   26.

  (2)   The following provisions of this Act apply only in relation to a pest that is referred to in paragraph   (1)(a):

  (a)   Division   3A of Part   2 of Chapter   4 (entry requirements: persons entering Australian territory on board conveyances);

  (b)   Part   1 of Chapter   8 (biosecurity emergencies).